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Credit Card Payoff Calculator

How long a fixed payment takes to clear a balance, or what payment a target date actually needs. Either way, see the interest you're paying along the way.

Runs in your browserReducing-balance interestUpdates as you type

The whole idea

Balance & APR
Payment or timeline
The other one, solved

Every extra AED above interest goes straight to principal.

Balance and terms

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Why the balance moves so slowly

Minimums are built to revolve

A minimum payment is calculated to keep a balance revolving for years, not to clear it. Paying only the minimum is, by design, the slowest and most expensive path off a card balance.

  • Extra payments compound in your favour. Every AED above the interest charge goes straight to principal, the same reducing-balance logic behind the EMI calculator.
  • Earlier extra payments save more than later ones, because they cut the balance interest is charged on for longer.
  • A 0% balance transfer just changes the APR input for its promotional period: re-run this with the transfer rate, then again with the rate that applies after it ends.

Common mistake

Spreading extra payments evenly across cards

The “avalanche” method, putting extra money at the highest-APR card first, clears total debt faster for the same monthly outlay.

Worth knowing

Interest compounds monthly here

Matching how UAE and most global card issuers actually charge it.

Curious how this affects your lending eligibility? Check the debt-to-income calculator.

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